Pull-match package and holder therefor



Sept. 10, 1935. o. KOEHLER PULL-MATCH PACKAGE AND HOLDER THEREFQR Filed Feb. 8, 1934 1m" llllllllmi'ii. illmllllllllli MHIIILKIWM IIIIIA INVENTOR.

OSKAR Kokm. ER.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES PULL-MATCH PACKAGE AND HOLDER THEREFOR OskarKoehler, Schwabisch Gmund, Germany -Application February 8, 1934, Serial No. 710,335

In Germany September 23, 1933 6 Claims.

For holding pullmatch packages it has been proposed to use a container, suitable for standing on a table or shelf, with means for attaching the match package therein so that the pull 5 exerted for detaching the matches singly does not remove the package from the container. The methods heretofore proposed have, however, been defective in respect of affording an adequately secure attachment of the package to the container, and the means used for the attachment have also been such as to exert undue pressure on the package and the matches therein, particularly at the part where the frictional ignition surface is provided. 1

According to my invention I use a match packet having a component or adjunct distinct from the matches and the ignition surface, and for this packet I use a holder or stand having a seat for the match packet and a fastening de- 'vice which grips or engages the said component or adjunct, so that the fastening can have no deleterious effect on the matches or the ignition surface.

The component of the packet engaged with the stand may for example be a sheet or disk of cardboard or the like to which the housing containing the matches is attached, and this may have a hole for engagement with a screw stud on the seat, the fastening being effected by means of a nut.

Three examples are shown in the accompanying drawing, in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Figs. 3 and 4 respectively, Figs. 1, 2 and 3 being vertical sections, and Fig. 4 being a plan view. Fig. 5 is a side view, partly in section, of a match package constructed for use with any of the three holders shown.

The match package, best shown in Fig. 5, consists of concentric cylinders of corrugated cardboard strip I and cylinders of smooth cardboard strip 2 attached thereto, with the matches 3 housed in the corrugations, and with a cardboard disk 4 to which the cylinders are glued or otherwise fastened. There are, consequently, numer- L5 ous concentric rings of matches. Alternatively a long package may be rolled into substantially cylindrical shape, so that the matches are held in a spiral. The disk 4 has a hole 5 at the center.

Frictional ignition coatings are applied to the i strips inside the annular chambers. near the mouths thereof, so that'the matches are ignited on completion of the withdrawal thereof.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1 the holder for the package consists of a sheet metal shell 6 with a heavy filler I of iron, lead or other suitan ash-tray.

able'material, the shell forming a circular flange round a flat top on which the package is placed. The package is fastened to the holder by means of a screw 8 at the lower end of a shank 9; which has a knob ID at the top, serving as a handle. 6 The screw 8, passing through the hole 5 in the disk 4, is screwed into the holder, and a flange I l on the shank is by this meanspressed upon the central, exposed part of the disk 4. The weight of the holder enables matches 3 to be withdrawn, 10 as indicated by arrows, without lifting the holder and-without placing a hand on the holder to hold it down. The holder may have a trough around it, to serve as an ash-tray, or may be fixed upon In the construction shown in Fig. 2 the package is inverted, so that the matches must be withdrawn downwards, as indicated by arrows. The package is held in an inverted cup I5 supported at the top of a pillar IS. The pillar has 20 at the top a screw 11, with a flange l8 below the same. The scrw passes through the hole 5 in the match package, and through a hole in the cup, and the package and cup rest on the flange 18, upon which they are retained by a nut I9. The pillar I6 is fixed to the center of an ash-tray, which forms a foot therefor and has a weight 2| at the lower end of the pillar to keep it steady.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3 the-.package is held in a cup 6 let into a holder consisting of a shell 6 enclosing a lead filler 1 A screw 8 for fastening the cup and package to the holder is fixed to the bottom of a downwardly tapered receptacle l2 inserted into the central cavity of the package. This receptacle 12 has a bail I 3 fixed to it at the top, for turning it in order to insert or unscrew the screw. The receptacle 12 has a removable liner l4, and may be used for ashes and spent matches. Of course the liner may be dispensed with,. but is convenient for emptying the receptacle. The holder itself may be fixed upon an ash-tray.

It will be understood that the match packages may be of shapes other than cylindrical, for ex-' ample rectangular or elliptical, the shape of the holders being modified accordingly.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:-

1. A' match stand having a foot, a pillar on ssaid foot, an inverted cup at the top of said pillar, a pull match packet consisting of a disk and match housings fastened to the under surface of said disk, and means for fastening said disk to the floor of said cup.

2. A match stand having a. foot, a pillar on 65 said foot having a screw stud at the top, a circular flange near the top of said pillar, an inverted cup on said pillar, having a hole for said screw stud, a pull match package consisting of a disk having a central hole for said screw stud and match housings fastened to the under surface of said disk, said disk resting on said flange, and a nut on said screw stud, retaining said cup and said disk on said flange.

3. A match stand having a foot in the form of an ash-tray, a pillar on said foot having a screw stud at the top, a circular flange near the top of said pillar, an inverted cup on said pillar, having a hole for said screw stud, a pull match package consisting of a disk having a central hole for said screw stud and match housings fastened to the under surface of said disk, said disk resting on said flange, and a nut on said screw stud, retaining said cup and said disk on said flange.

4. A match stand having a seat, a pull-match packet consisting of a disk and a ring of match housings fastened upon said disk, said disk having a central hole, a tubular container upon the central part of said disk, and a screw projecting from the bottom of said container, fastening said container and said disk to said seat.

5. A match stand having a seat, a pull-match consisting of a disk and a ring of match housings fastened upon said disk, said disk having a central hole, a tubular container upon the central part of said disk, a handle on said container, and a screw projecting from the bottom of said container, fastening said container and said'disk to said seat.

6. A match stand having a seat, a pull-match packet, consisting of a disk and a ring of match housings fastened upon said disk, said disk having a central hole, a tubular container upon the central part of said disk, an ash-tray in said container, and a screw projecting from the bottom of said container, fastening said container and said disk to said seat.

OSKAR KOEHLER. 

